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WAEC RELEASES 2024 WASSCE PRIVATE CANDIDATES' (GCE) RESULTS - Team Babs Reporting

WAEC RELEASES 2024 WASSCE PRIVATE CANDIDATES’ (GCE) RESULTS

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2024 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates.

The examination body announced this on Sunday in a statement signed by the Acting Head of its Public Affairs Department, Moyosore Adesina.

According to the statement, 68,342 candidates registered for the examination, representing a 20 per cent decrease compared to 2023.

Of this number, 65,023 candidates sat the examination across 5,067 centres nationwide. Among them, 157 candidates had special needs, including 25 visually challenged candidates, 13 with impaired hearing, and 15 with albinism.

Performance breakdown
According to WAEC, 34,878 candidates, representing 53.64 per cent, obtained credit passes in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, while a total of 43,923 candidates (67.55 per cent) obtained credit and above in at least five subjects, regardless of English and Mathematics.

It noted that the gender distribution of successful candidates showed that 17,992 female candidates (51.58 per cent) met the minimum benchmark of five credits, including English and Mathematics, compared to 16,886 male candidates (48.41 per cent).

“This analysis, however, cannot be compared with that of WASSCE for School Candidates. Whereas the candidates in the WASSCE for School Candidates Examination are compelled to sit eight or nine subjects, the candidates in the WASSCE for Private Candidates Examination, though they can register for eight or nine subjects, are not compelled to take all. They are free to sit, even one subject, depending on the deficiency they want to remedy,” it added.

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